TSN's Dave Naylor is reporting that the CFL's Montreal Alouettes own Tim Tebow's CFL rights and would welcome him onto the team as a backup.

Alouettes general manager Jim Popp told TSN that if Tebow were to join the Alouettes, his role would be similar to his with the New York Jets, saying:

"If he wants to come to Canada he would be in the same situation as the one he was in with New York. He can come here and compete to be the backup to Anthony Calvillo and learn the game, just like Jeff Garcia did (behind Doug Flutie). And one day he might be the guy; that's our vision. He can learn from the best."

Current Montreal Alouettes coach and former Colorado Buffaloes coach Dan Hawkins is said to be a big fan of Tim Tebow's work. Hawkins' interest in Tebow is a big reason why Montreal still retains the rights to Tim Tebow. Previous Montreal Alouettes coach and current Chicago Bears coach Marc Trestman was a fan of Tebow's as well.

Popp has no plans to contact Tebow and believes that Tebow will exhaust all his NFL options before looking to join a CFL team.

"If (Tebow) wants to come to Canada he will reach out to us," said Popp. "And if he wants to come to Canada we would take a look at him."

Popp has said that the team also owns the rights to Vince Young, but the two haven't been in contact for months.

The fledgling NBC Sports Network and the Canadian Football League agreed on Friday to air fourteen games, including the playoffs and the Grey Cup, on the network.

The deal goes into effect this upcoming CFL season. The Grey Cup will be broadcast live this season on NBCSN.

The NFL Network dropped CFL coverage after the NFL labor dispute ended as it didn't exactly translate into good ratings for the network. The deal with NBCSN looks like it is a better one than the NFL Network had.

The NBCSN will televise the two Labour Day games, the equivalent to the NFL's Thanksgiving games, and since the CFL's games are played on Friday, it won't compete directly with Saturday's college football games and the NFL.

Also, the NBCSN will show CFL games live rather than tape delay games that the NFL Network had shown.

The first game to be televised on the NBC Sports Network will be on August 27th when the Toronto Argonauts head to Alberta to play the Edmonton Eskimos.

Baltimore Ravens running back Ricky Williams has called a press conference to announcement his retirement from the NFL.

Williams retired once before in 2004 as he was facing a four game suspension for drug use. He returned in 2005, but spent the 2006 season with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

This time it appears as if its final.

"The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life," Williams said in a statement released by his alma mater, Texas,"I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun. I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much."

Williams is one of 26 players in NFL history with over 10,000 yards rushing with 10,009 yards. He led the NFL in rushing in 2002 with 1,853 yards and was elected to his only Pro Bowl. This season with the Ravens, he was used primarily as a backup to starter Ray Rice rushing for 444 yards and two touchdowns.

Williams also thanked Ravens coach John Harbaugh in his statement, "I have to thank Coach (John) Harbaugh and the Ravens organization for the opportunity they gave me this year," Williams said in the statement. "I had so much fun and really appreciated the chance to finish on such a great note."

An another year is about to pass and with it we wax poetic on the year in sports. The entry will start our "Year in Review" leading up to the new year. Today we talk about the odd and quirky moments in sports for the 2011 year. So without further ado, here we go.

Eric Byrnes Steamrolls Harold Reynolds on live TV

I have been a big Eric Brynes fan for quite sometime. He is energetic, crazy, and just a spark plug wherever he goes. So when he demonstrated how to plow over a player on MLB Network, you had to expect this...

CFL Greats Fist Fight At A Luncheon

I guess the only way the CFL is going to make news in the US is when two 70 year olds slug it out on stage. Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca have had a feud since the 1963 Grey Cup when Mosca knocked out Kapp's teammate in a controversial hit. 48 years later, Mosca attempted to deliver an olive branch to Kapp and Kapp showed Mosca where to stick it.

Jarome Iginla Gets Vague Question, Is Puzzled

After a win against the Minnesota Wild, Flames captain Jarome Iginla was doing his normal post-game interviews from the locker room when he received a vague question from a reporter, who I assume is filling in for a normal sports reporter. The question was, "setting up the play". Fast forward to about the 2:20 mark for the question and response to perhaps one of the worst question asked in sports (outside of Super Bowl Media Day).

Ben Revere Somersaults His Way Into A Triple

Minnesota Twins outfielder Ben Revere ripped a ball down the right field line against the Kansas City Royals and appeared on his way to an easy triple. Until he stumbled between second and third. Most players would have retreated back to second and have been content with a double, but not Revere. Revere not only stuck the landing, but made it into third with a triple in perhaps the most unintentional play of the year.

Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo Uncontrollably Laughing At Fan's Grab

As a fan of the Red Sox, I watch NESN all the time for games. I'm a HUGE fan of Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo. They have great chemistry and make the game enjoyable to watch even when it is a blowout. They riff on random things from pop culture to solar eclipses (the sun does not go in front of the moon, Don). This moment starts off innocent enough until one fan gets a little too intimate with his lady friend.

I'm sure there is more moments, but I can't type forever. If you have one that you think is worthy comment below and here's to more odd moments in 2012.

The 1995 Nebraska Cornhusker football is considered by many to be the most dominant football team in NCAA history. They just dominated everybody they faced, in fact their closest game was a 14 point victory over unranked Washington State. Nebraska won the National Championship that year with a 62-24 blowout of the Florida Gators in the Fiesta Bowl. The best player on that team was the electrifying quarterback Tommie Frazier.

Tommie Frazier was a running quarterback before it was commonplace. Frazier rushed for a total of 2263 yards in his four years in Lincoln. His scramble in the '96 Fiesta Bowl has gone down as possibly the greatest run in college football history. Frazier was the engineer of this powerhouse team and simply could not be stopped. He had it all, strong arm and fast legs, he was an NFL star in the making.

However, Frazier under performed during the NFL Combine and was suffering from health problems. Frazier was experiencing more and more problems with blood clots and as a result went undrafted in the 1996 NFL Draft.

Frazier then signed a deal with the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes. Frazier would only play one game with the Alouettes, coming off the bench during a loss to the Ottawa Rough Riders.

In September of 1996, Frazier had a life threatening scare when he was hospitalized with pneumonia. He was put on blood thinners due to his history of blood clots and was spitting up blood on the day he was admitted. It would take two weeks for Frazier to recover and Frazier decided to hang up the cleats for good.

After his playing career ended, Tommie Frazier started his coaching career when he became an assistant coach at Baylor and in a different capacity at Nevada. While at Baylor, Frazier became a running backs coach, but Baylor struggled to a 9-36 mark.

In 2005, he became head coach of Doane College, a small college in Crete, Nebraska, but struggled in his two seasons as coach going 3-17.

Tommie Frazier's play helped paved the way for the running quarterbacks like Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick, and Tim Tebow. One has to wonder, would he have been a great quarterback if not for the blood clots? That's all we can do now is just wonder.